JPH05346793A - Centralized control system for acoustic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To minimize capacity of video data and to reduce the size and installation area of the device by outputting plural video data which are classified by the genres of music from a centralized control part at the same time, and selecting an image corresponding to played music on the side of the acoustic device and separating the video data and music data. CONSTITUTION:When a user inputs data from an input device 51, a CPU 5 registers the data for reservation, and refers to data in a ROM 52 and sends the data out to the centralized control part. Then, music data 5b received from the centralized control part through a demodulator modulator 55 are temporarily stored in a memory 3. At the same time, the CPU 5 sends music selection data 5c, which are previously set according to the device of the selected music, to a video tuner 4 so as to select video data matching the contents of the music selection. The video tuner 4 reads out background video data 4a selected with music selection data 5c and outputs the data to a video composing circuit 8. The video composing circuit 8 puts the background video data 4a and text video data 6a together and outputs the composite data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for centrally managing an audio device having a video synthesizing function, which allows users to sing and enjoy a song in accordance with a reproduced video and a musical accompaniment sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a system for centrally managing a plurality of so-called karaoke devices equipped with a video device,
The player system that includes an autochanger that stores a video disc that stores video data, as a centralized management unit, is installed a little less than the number of connected karaoke devices (to the extent that playback does not interfere with each device). There is.

[0003]

However, one player system accommodates 100 or more video discs, and the size of the system is very large and is prepared according to the number of connected karaoke apparatuses. It is necessary to secure a large installation area for the central control room because it is necessary to keep it in advance, and the cost is very heavy.

As described above, according to the number of connected karaoke apparatuses, the provision of the automatic changer player system of the centralized management unit has problems such as securing the installation area and cost burden, and will be released monthly in the future. When the number of video discs exceeds the number of autochangers, there is also the problem of being forced to make a major system change for centralized control.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a plurality of video data classified according to the taste (genre) of the music is simultaneously output from the centralized management unit, and the music data is converted into a performance music. To provide a centralized management system for audio equipment that can separate video data and song data by selecting the appropriate video, keep the volume of video data extremely low, and reduce the size and installation area of the equipment. With the goal.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a centralized control system for an audio device according to the present invention comprises a display means for reproducing video data and displaying an image, and an output for reproducing an audio signal and playing music. A centralized management system for audio devices for managing a plurality of audio devices including means, video data storage means for storing video data grouped according to taste of a performance song, acoustic data of the performance song, lyrics , Music data storage means for storing music data such as song name, music selection information receiving means for receiving music selection information of a performance music, and video music transmitting means for transmitting the video data or the music data to the audio device side. A centralized management unit provided, a music selection information transmitting unit for transmitting the music selection information to the centralized management unit, and the centralized management unit transmitting the music data according to the taste of the music data. Video data selecting means for selecting one video data out of a plurality of video data, the one video data output from the video data selecting means, and lyrics, song titles, etc. relating to a performance song corresponding to the song selection information. An image synthesizing means for synthesizing the data and displaying it on the display means is provided.

[0007]

In the centralized control system for the audio apparatus of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when a desired musical piece is selected from the music data storage means of the centralized management section, among the video data stored in the video data storage means, Video data suitable for the taste of the musical piece to be played is appropriately selected. Therefore, it becomes possible to add only music data when preparing new songs, and share the video data storage means when playing old and new music media.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the karaoke terminal side of the centralized management system of this embodiment. This device is a monitor receiver 1 (display means) for reproducing and displaying an image together with the lyrics of a performance song.
And a speaker 2 (output means) for reproducing and outputting the music performance sound.
, A video tuner 4 for selecting a channel of an image assigned to each taste, a demodulator 55 for transmitting and receiving song selection information and song data by an RF signal, and converting a voice signal and a tone signal into an acoustic signal. It consists of an audio amplifier 7.

FIG. 2 shows a block configuration of the karaoke terminal of this apparatus.

The central control unit (CPU) 5 reserves the data when the user inputs information such as a keyword number of a song desired to be played (hereinafter referred to as a song number) from an input device 51 such as a keyboard. ROM5 to be registered and described later
With reference to the data of No. 2, the reserved song selection number 5a is sent to the central management unit (shown in FIG. 3) through the demodulator 55. Correspondingly, the music data 5b received from the centralized control section (FIG. 3) through the demodulator 55 is temporarily stored in the memory 3. At the same time, the CPU 5 sends the channel selection data 5c preset according to the taste of the selected music to the video tuner 4 in order to select the video data suitable for the selected music. This function corresponds to a combination selection means of video data corresponding to the taste of the musical composition.

The CPU 5 also outputs the lyrics data 3a and the performance data 3b in the song data 5b stored in the memory 3 to the video image circuit 6 and the sound source 53 in synchronization with each other. The video image circuit 6 converts the information 3a such as lyrics into lyrics image data 6a and outputs it. The sound source 53 converts the performance data 3b into an acoustic signal 53a and sends it to the audio amplifier 7. The audio amplifier 7 is the acoustic signal 5 of the performance song.
3a and the voice signal 9a from the microphone 9 are combined and amplified and output to the speaker 2 as a sound signal 7a.

The video tuner 4 reads the background video data 4a selected by the tuning data 5c and outputs it to the video synthesizing circuit 8. The video synthesizing circuit 8 synthesizes the background video data 4a and the lyrics video data 6a to generate a video signal 8
a is output to the monitor receiver 1 such as a CRT display.

FIG. 3 shows a block configuration of a centralized management unit of this apparatus.

The control unit 60 controls the centralized management unit as a whole, and comprises a CPU, a ROM and a RAM. Control unit 60
Four video disks 61 are connected to the. The four video discs 61 reproduce video data 61a divided according to the taste (genre) of the music. The taste of a song can be classified into, for example, enka, pops, new music, and animation for children. The four video disks 61 are each connected to a modulator 64. Since the image data 61a is a standard NTSC video signal,
The modulator 64 converts these into the frequency band of each channel and outputs the RF signal 64a. Each modulator 64 has an RF, which is image information assigned to each of these channels.
The signal 64a and song data 5b and channel selection data 5c described later.
A head amplifier 66 that multiplexes the converted RF signal 65a is connected, and the head amplifier 66 is connected to the coaxial cable 54.

On the other hand, not only the video information but also the song number transmitted from the karaoke terminal (FIG. 2) and the song data transmitted from the central control unit (FIG. 1) are included in the signal multiplexed on the coaxial cable 54. 5b, etc., and a specific channel frequency is assigned. The music data 5b is stored in the music data storage device 63, and when the control unit 60 receives the music number through the head amplifier 66, the demodulator 65, and the data input / output unit 62, the music data 5b related to the music number 5b.
Is read from the music data storage device 63 and sent to the karaoke terminal side through the data input unit 62, the demodulator 65, the head amplifier 66, and the coaxial cable 54.

Next, the music selection operation of the above device will be described with reference to the music name-music tone correspondence table of FIG.

When the music piece number is input from the input device 51 of FIG. 2, the CPU 5 outputs the music piece number to the coaxial cable 54 through the modulator / demodulator 55, and the centralized management section (see FIG. 3).
Send to. When the data input / output unit 60b receives the music number through the head amplifier 66 and the demodulator 65 in the centralized management unit, it receives it from the music name-music tone correspondence table stored in the music data storage device 63 as described above. The tune code 5d and the tune data 5b corresponding to the tune name 5c related to the tune number are read out to the karaoke terminal (see FIG. 2) through the data input / output unit 60b, the demodulator 65, the head amplifier 66, and the coaxial cable 54. The tone code 5d and the song data 5b are transmitted. The CPU 5 sends to the video tuner 4 the tuning data 5c which is set in advance corresponding to the music tone code 5d in order to select the video channel which matches the received music tone code 5d. After that, the music data 5b is sent to the sound source 53 to start playing.

In this way, the tuning data 5 from the CPU 5
When the video tuner 4 is controlled based on c, the tuning data 5 out of the four types of video data 61a is thereby changed.
The background video data 4a corresponding to c is read. Also, the lyrics data 3a that constitutes the song data 5b is read out, and the lyrics data 3a is converted into the lyrics image data 6a by the video image circuit 6. These background video data 4
a and the lyrics image data 6a are combined (superimposed) by the image combining circuit 8, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 1, the character string 16 of the lyrics is displayed on the background image 15 on the monitor receiver 1. Will be overlaid and displayed. On the other hand, the music data 3b constituting the song data 5b is the sound source 53.
Through the audio signal 9a from the microphone 9 and the audio signal 7a mixed by the audio amplifier 7 into the sound signal 7a, which is output as the sound given to the speaker 2. Moreover, the background image 15 and the lyrics character string 16 displayed on the monitor receiver 1 are synchronized with the performance sound from the speaker 2.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Of the four types of video data, the video data according to the tone (preference) of the performance song is selected and displayed on the monitor receiver.
It is not necessary to have different video data for each performance song as in the conventional method, and the memory capacity required for each song can be reduced, and as a result, more song data can be stored. Become.

In the above description, the video disk is mentioned as the data recorded in the centralized management section,
The present invention is not limited to these, and various image memories such as a hard disk (CD-ROM) and a video tape can be used instead of the video disk.

In addition to the music information, the music data can be made to include the information for displaying the lyrics in addition to the music information. Such a MID
If I information is used, it is easy to construct a system in which data is downloaded from the outside using a communication line, and this data is read out and reproduced. Even when this device is used for business, it is comparatively possible. It becomes possible to easily create new music piece data with a small running cost burden.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a system for centrally managing an audio device which reproduces a music accompaniment sound together with video display and enjoys singing along with the performance sound while watching the video. One or more of the video data grouped according to each taste is easily stored in the image memory of the central management unit, and the background video data belonging to the music is selected according to the music to be played and the video is displayed. And, it allows multiple audio devices to be serviced simultaneously. Therefore,
The contents of the background video can be made to reflect the contents of the song, and since the video data is shared, it is possible to omit the work of creating new background video data for each new song, and Therefore, the amount of data to be used can be significantly reduced, the cost burden on the user side can be significantly reduced, and the installation space of the central control room can be greatly reduced. Further, without using a mechanical mechanism such as a conventional autochanger of a so-called karaoke device, it is possible to reproduce a music piece and an image properly combined with a simpler configuration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a centralized management unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke terminal of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the karaoke terminal of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a music title / music tone correspondence table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Monitor Receiver 2 Speaker 4 Video Tuner 8 Video Synthesis Circuit 53 Sound Source 61 Video Disk 62 Data Input / Output Section 63 Music Data Storage Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A centralized management system for an audio device for managing a plurality of audio devices, comprising: a display device for reproducing video data and displaying an image; and an output device for reproducing audio signals and playing music. Video data storage means for storing video data grouped according to tastes, music data storage means for storing music data such as acoustic data, lyrics, and song name of a performance song, and song selection for receiving selection information of the performance song A centralized management unit including an information receiving unit and a video / musical transmission unit that transmits the video data and the music data to the audio device side; and a music selection information transmission unit that transmits the music selection information to the centralized management unit. Video data selection means for selecting one video data from the plurality of video data transmitted from the centralized management unit according to the taste of the music data, The image data selecting means outputs the one image data, and the image synthesizing means for synthesizing the data such as the lyrics and the song name relating to the performance song corresponding to the song selection information and displaying the synthesized data on the display means. A centralized control system for audio equipment.